FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER

AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zone 280, including the Mountain fire

WIND…Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as
30mph.

HUMIDITY…6 to 13 percent.

From the Guardian:

Two people have died in a wildfire that ripped through a Northern California town, a local official has said, as firefighters in the far north of the state on Sunday battled blazes that forced evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes.

“There’s no easy way of putting it,” said Siskiyou county sheriff Jeremiah LaRue as he shared the news of the fatalities on Sunday afternoon during a community meeting held at an elementary school north of the rural community of Weed. He did not immediately provide names or other details including age or gender of the two people who died.

REDDING, Calif. — The Civil Authorities have issued an Immediate Evacuation for Siskiyou beginning at 4:58 pm and ending at 8:58 pm . Evacuation Orders have been issued for Siskiyou County Zones 2218, 5102-B.

The current evacuation orders and warnings are as follows.

EVACUATION ORDERS: SIS-3710, SIS-3713, SIS-5111-A, SIS-5117-B, SIS-5108, SIS-5209, SIS-5304, SIS-5307 SIS-5316, SIS-5224, SIS-5423, SIS-5503, WED-5417, WED-5506, WED-5408, WED-5420, LST-5215, LST-5218, LST-5114, LST-5221, SIS-2218, SIS-5102-B, SIS-5203.

EVACUATION WARNINGS FOR ZONES: SIS-2337, SIS-2334, SIS-2331, SIS-215, SIS-2126, SIS-3704, SIS-3707, SIS-5102-A, SIS-3710, SIS-3713, SIS-3716, SIS-5111-B, SIS-5117-A, SIS-5120, SIS-5404, SIS-5503, SIS-5423, WED-5411, WED-5414, WED-5506, WED-5509

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Two people have been injured. One is in critical condition with burns. Over 100 homes have been destroyed. 97 is closed to 6 miles south of MacDoel. I-5 is open, but the proximity of the Mountain Fire means that status could change depending on winds. Weather remains hot, dry, but winds have abated some.